Elizabeth Mills Brown
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Elizabeth Mills "Betty" Brown (November 28, 1916 - December 27, 2008) was a prominent American
architectural historian, preservationist, and civic leader who lived in New Haven and Guilford, Connecticut
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She was the author of New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (Yale University Press, 1976), a meticulosly-researched volume which details over 500 structures in that 400-year-old city. New Haven: A Guide has been reprinted many times and is widely considered to be the best source of information on New Haven's architectural history and urbanism. The book called the landmark New Haven Coliseum
building, which was new at the time, a structure of "gigantic scale" that gave spectators an "experience of sheer spatial intoxication."
United States
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architectural historian, preservationist, and civic leader who lived in New Haven and Guilford, Connecticut
Guilford, Connecticut
Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, that borders Madison, Branford, North Branford and Durham, and is situated on I-95 and the coast. The population was 21,398 at the 2000 census...
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She was the author of New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (Yale University Press, 1976), a meticulosly-researched volume which details over 500 structures in that 400-year-old city. New Haven: A Guide has been reprinted many times and is widely considered to be the best source of information on New Haven's architectural history and urbanism. The book called the landmark New Haven Coliseum
New Haven Coliseum
The New Haven Coliseum was a sports-entertainment arena located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1972...
building, which was new at the time, a structure of "gigantic scale" that gave spectators an "experience of sheer spatial intoxication."